The Tottenville High School Alumni Junction!

The Trumpet provides a free home for Tottenville High School Alumni from all class years, offering stories and news from yesteryear to today.

Democracy At Work
Art by Laura Baur
Vote
Daylight Savings Time Ends 11/3
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day
Pumpkins


Recent Trumpet Archive

September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 Mar 2023 Feb 2023 Jan 2023 Dec 2022 Nov 2022 Oct 2022 Sept 2022 Aug 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 Mar 2022 Feb 2022 Jan 2022 Dec 2021 Nov 2021 Oct 2021 Aug 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 Mar 2021 Feb 2021 Dec 2020 Nov 2020 Oct 2020 Sept 2020 Aug 2020 July 2020 June 2020 April 2020 Mar 2020 Feb 2020 Jan 2020 Dec 2019 Nov 2019 Oct 2019 Sept 2019 Aug 2019 July 2019 May 2019 April 2019 Mar 2019 Feb 2019 Jan 2019




Message of 'Remembering'

6/17/2019

How the years have flown! Werner was a gem of a person- he was a friend and a boyfriend in my HS days. We would hang in Werner's basement on weekends, on the ham radio, along with Ian Etheridge, Charlotte Otto-(classic '61 or 2)? and Elaine. Also Tom Richards- class of '60 was first boyfriend. I was Tom's date to 1960 Senior Prom. Was a freshman,as you all called us 'lowly freshman'--.just reflecting back on the many friends most gone. Some still with us. Tom R is battling cancer right now...as we age we all seem to have some health issues,but now in time reflecting back on life ..The good the bad the ugly ..may those that have left RIP.. Always thanked Werner for the page One. I regret never getting to see him before he left. He wanted to come to visit here in Fl. but had a terribly full house .I should have gotten in car and drove to Ga. My friend W.F., as I called him, rest in peace. Ian Etheridge and the pet mouse WF that he and Ian had we called him faume...RIP MY FRIENDS.

JOANNE PISTEK OBRIEN CLASS OF 63 LIVING IN TAMPA FL.
Tom Richards class of '60 passed away on 1/11/20




Elvis by Bruce Hannah - 1959

Elvis by Bruce Hannah - 1959








Arrivals & Passings

By Pat Reischour

Arrivals and Passings



Watch for frequent updates.




Mary Maureen Donohue


An old SI name:
Frank Scarangello, 89
CEO of Scaran Heating and Air Conditioning

THS, Class of '42. Also founding member of South Shore Band.
-----
Read More




My late younger brother, James and I attended Tottenville High School (so did my older sister Peggy and brother Michael). I have written a book that was just published and thought you may want to let other classmates know about it. It is called:

STAINED GLASS WINDOWS
The life and death of Jimmy Zappalorti

Words Take Flight Books


- Robert T. Zappalorti




FDNY NYPD Trumpet Taps
By Fontaine Piper





Project Home





Missing Classmates Lists

Old: Click on the year below to get to the appropriate list.

1958 1959

New: Click on the year below to get to that class directory, and concentrate on the "Unknown" status = Missing.

1956  1960  1961 1965  1966 1967


Class Reunion Information!!

Click on the Year (below) to get the latest info or see the pictures!

1956     1957

1958     1959

1960     1961

1963     1965

1966     1968

1970     1980




2010 SHOP CLASS REUINION
Sent in by: Mike Gorgia-the '78 Class Editor





Pompeii - Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius


Animation made for the Melbourne Museum ,
which This file recreates how the eruption
of Mt. Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii.
You can witness the eruption of
a volcano of over 2000+ years ago.....
Be alert to EVERYTHING ( sights & sounds) that
is happening including:
1. The clouds gliding by,
2. The birds fleeing,
3. The dogs barking,
4. The first steaming of the volcano,
5. The earthquakes,
6. The tiles falling from the roofs because of the earthquakes,
7. The sky turning dark with volcanic debris,
8. The accumulating debris on the roofs,
9. The pyroclastic flows coming down the left side of the mountain,
10.The fires,
11. The buildings collapsing,
12. The pyroclastic flows overcoming the city,
13. The end of the city...... :-(
And be sure to Go Full-Screen. History Buffs will be fascinated









MAXINE


Nothing says Halloween like Christmas decorations.







Trick-or-treaters are socute... imagine them coming to my door expecting to get something for free.




Trumpet update: 10/10/2024   WB



Have We Updated The Trumpet?


F5! Then look at "What's New." The AOL browser will sometimes not update for several days after The Trumpet has been updated.







Note From Rick Hummers

I have purchased three Staten Island specific books from Arcadia Publishing that might interest others? They are all about 7"x10" format, nice heavy glossy paper and are mostly, well captioned, photos. I purchased them on amazon.com, paperback cover for about $17.00 each.

Then and Now - Staten Island ISBN 978-0-7385-4495-3
Staten Island Ferry ISBN 978-1-4617-2195-8
Staten Island Rapid Transit ISBN 978-1-4671-2338-9

Arcadia Publishing
Charleston, South Carolina
843-853-2070
sales@arcadiapublishing.com

Rick Hummers








I doubt you have ever seen anything like this!

Flying Over America - Simply Beautiful!

- Lee Shake





Are You Starving Your Brain

Sent in by Werner: "B12, seems to work".




HI to all our readers.

We have started a new section:

"It's a Small World"

(Click Here)

If you would like to contribute, please send your writing to richell142@aol.com

We would all like to hear from you!


Subject: Heteronyms & Homographs



Homographs are words of like spelling but with more than one meaning.

A homograph that is also pronounced differently is a heteronym.

You think English is easy?

Someone put in some time to assemble this!

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Let's face it...English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down; in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

P.S. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick'?







Dr. Roger Solberg- Class of '71 THS

"The Trumpet" has received the following from Edinboro University in Edinboro, PA-honoring Dr. Roger Solberg-. Roger Solberg was a THS Graduate~ Class of 1971 and went on to achieve many Honors and Degrees.

Here is the entire communication:

Congratulations to Dr. Solberg!




The Trumpet
 wishes these friends a very 
Happy Birthday!

(To get on our Birthday List, please email Ellen (Lutter) Petersen)

(If your Birthday is in these months,
click
the animated Happy Birthday icon)

  Happy Birthday





Present      OCTOBER
1) Eileen Kennedy (Rost) THS'60
1) Dawn Austin (Segarra) '58
1) Barbara Stinemire (McDiarmid) '58
3) Betty Cunningham (Baltrukovicz) '60
4) Jane McGrath (Schreiber) '60
4) Kathleen Swanson (Daly) '57
4) Donna Kern (Zerrusen) '67
5) Betty Wall (Stauch) '62
7) Christine Lally (Haag) '65
7) Alyce Erickson (Taylor) '57
7) Linda Brusco (Aubrey) '69
8) Ed Howland'60
8) Harold W.Ryan"Bill"'67
10) Bruce Moren'84
10) Arthur Erickson (BrooklynTech) '61
11) Barry RogerWoodTHS'62
11) Jack Kirkwood'62
12) Joe Woych'67
13) Bea Kitchen (Albanese) '61
14) Linda Link (Keiser) '60
14) Dave Sayers'69
15) Richard McAloon'56
15) Keith Becker'69
16) Larry Burke (St.Peters Boys HS) '64
16) Richard Passante (NDHS) '86
16) Curtis AubreyTHS'68
16) Ed Isnardi'65
17) Johan Curtin (Costello) '68
17) Adele Haberman'60
20) Patricia Reischour'69
20) Priscilla Hobson (Brenner) '58
20) Diane ODonnell (Fay) '69
20) Janet Brown (Genzlinger) '67
21) Gary Ganong'60
21) Miriam McCormick'59
21) Lori Kretz (Zastowny) '67
23) Bruce Paugh'60
23) Carol Mach (Knieriem) '57
23) Bruce Hannah'59
26) Sherri Abrams (London) '81
27) Pat Monahan (Soto) '59
27) Bob Seiler'68
28) David L.Boucher'64
28) John Hrywniak'55
30) Allen Sorensen'65
30) Joseph Bodnar'67
30) Dennis Halvorsen'69
31) John Fiorillo'65



Present      NOVEMBER
2) Ed Harrison, Jr. THS'55
2) Charlie Walker'55/'56
3) John T. Semich'67
4) Karen Sohl (Harkins) '60
4) Brian Cunningham'74
4) Joni Putz (Smith-Mackay) '50
5) Donald Harring'59
5) Brendon J. Galvin'59
5) Lucille Nost (Payne) '64
5) Susan Kuhfahl (Matteri) '65
6) Stuart Rundlett'65
7) George Hess'60
7) Dee Vandenburg'74
8) Philip A. Nilsen'67
10) MaryAnn Corrigan'63
11) John Zawitosky'57
11) Jim Nichol'64
12) Mike Mester'60
12) Jim Nicholl'69
12) Nita Rosenblum (Kramer) '67
13) Alice Waldman (Clews) '57
13) Robert Lund'57
13) Lillian McCarthy (Beauchaine) '59
14) Tom Richards'60
14) Jim Barnds (attendedoneyear) '60
14) John M. Rudolph'67
15) Tage Erickson'67
17) Miles Ste. Marie'67
17) Judy Pansini (Pousney) '68
18) Gerilyn Gerdes (McGraw) '60
18) Lois Link (Hummers) '62
19) Maureen Bailey'61
20) Patricia Velten (Sigmon) '68
20) Christine Sleight'68
22) Nancy J. Petersen (Stevenson) '67
22) Tizzy Flournoy'67
23) Clem Andriany'59
24) Lawrence LeBrocq THS'59/'60
26) Janet Cahill (Matthews) '68
27) Bonnie Burns (Boucher) '67
28) Jack Bracken'60
28) Steven J. Schulman 2006
29) Robert Weening'76
29) James Mitchell'64
29) Dennis Forlie'69
30) Rick Hummers'61
30) Linda Huth (Syryca) '66
30) AnnMarie White (Stanton) '63


DINNER IN THE FIFTIES AND IT DIDN'T KILL US!!

Pasta had not been invented. It was macaroni or spaghetti.
Curry was a surname.
A takeout was a mathematical problem.
Pizza? Sounds like a leaning tower somewhere.
Bananas and oranges only appeared at Christmas time.
All chips were plain.
A Big Mac was what we wore when it was raining.
Brown bread was something only poor people ate.
Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking.
Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green.
Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.
Chickens didn't have fingers in those days.
None of us had ever heard of yogurt.
Healthy food consisted of anything edible.
Cooking outside was called camping.
Seaweed was not a recognized food.
'Kebab' was not even a word, never mind a food.
Sugar enjoyed a good press in those days, and was regarded as being white gold.
Prunes were medicinal.
Surprisingly muesli was readily available. It was called cattle feed.
Pineapples came in chunks in a tin; we had only ever seen a picture of a real one.
Water came out of the tap.
If someone had suggested bottling water and charging more than gasoline for it they would have become a laughing stock.
The three things that we never ever had on/at our table in the fifties... was elbows, hats and cell phones!

Flash-back From The Past!

For desktop - use mouse wheel to move up and down



old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory
old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory old memory
End